{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000318",
 "municipality": "Lac La Biche County",
 "status_type": "Specialized Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.laclabichecounty.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business License Bylaw - Bylaw 22-002",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.laclabichecounty.com/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=8f9f56a8-783c-4c04-b12a-f777c31ea89d",
   "summary": "Requires businesses operating within Lac La Biche County to obtain a business licence; sets licence categories and fees.",
   "capture_sha256": "5a590eaffcdd7f85546bf89d12947afa6a5c87e984f93371fd6ae0194bc9c173",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5a590eaffcdd7f85546bf89d12947afa6a5c87e984f93371fd6ae0194bc9c173.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any business operating in the County, including resident, non-resident, home-based businesses, and hawkers/peddlers.",
    "fee": "Non-Resident Hawker/Peddler: $10/week to max $50 annually; Resident Hawker/Peddler: $5/week to max $50 annually; Resident Business: $50 annually; Home Based Business: $25 annually; Non-Resident Business: $75 annually",
    "renewal": "Annual, expires December 31; renewal invoiced in November, payment due by December 31"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3: \"Any business operating in the County is required to have a valid Business Licence.\"",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3: \"Any business operating in the County is required to have a valid Business Licence.\"",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"- Business Licence Rates",
    "renewal": "s. 4(5): \"shall terminate at midnight on the 31st day of December\"; s. 4(3)(c): \"invoiced in November... payment by the 31st day of December\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/lac-la-biche-county/business-licensing/text-5a590eaffcdd/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/lac-la-biche-county/business-licensing/"
}